May I submit my own mashal? Thanks.
A master once had two servants who both followed his instructions, but not the same way.
An example: One day he asked both for a drink of water. The first servant found, cleaned, buffed and polished a beautiful silver goblet. He filled the cup with cold filtered water, and placed it on a platter (also buffed and polished). The servant then dressed in his finest clothes and served the water to the master with a deep bow. The first servant then watched as the second servant, who was moving much slower, also fulfilled the master’s request.
The first servant noticed, much to his consternation, that the second servant was not honoring the master as was proper. While the second servant did find a fine silver goblet which he buffed and polished, he did not buff and polish as thoroughly as the first servant, and actually left a patch of tarnish on it. He also moved much slower than the first servant, pausing frequently in his work. The water was not as thoroughly chilled, and while the second servant did wear fine clothes to present the water to the king, he did not dress as well and his tie was crooked.
The first servant pointed out each of these shortcomings, but despite his best efforts to point out exactly what the other was doing wrong, the second servant just continued on his way. The first servant eventually gave up on trying to improve the first servant, figuring that when the master paid both servants, the second servant would be forced to recognize his faults.
Finally the second servant presented the water to the master. When the time came for the master to pay his two servants, he brought the first servant into his palace, and seated him at the master’s own table, where he fed him fine delicacies. Much to the surprise of the first servant, the master also brought the second servant into his palace and seated him at his own table, at his right. The master fed the second servant the finest delicacies from his table, even better than what he gave the first servant.
The first servant approached the master and asked, repectfully, why the master had chosen to honor the second servant even more than the first, when the first servant had done more to honor the master. The master explained that the second servant suffered severe pains in his arms and legs, and that his efforts to honor the master had cost him great effort and pain, and were in fact greater than the master had ever expected of him. “And,” added the master, “If you were so concerned that the other servant was not honoring me appropriately, why did you not help him in his work?”.